I found this on my FriendsFriends list at LJ, and thought it might interest many of y'all (I'm not a big sci-fi reader, but I know a lot of people here are):
If you can ignore the fact that Laura Bush puts it on, the 4th Annual National Book Festival is going to be held on October 9th this year, rain or shine, on the Mall between 7th and 14th St. Here's the line up for *just* the Sci-Fi tent (first year they have one) -- the times in parentheses are the signing times:
10:00- 10:40 Ben Bova (11-12)
10:45-11:25 Neal Stephenson (12-1)
11:30-12:10 Catherine Asaro (1-2)
12:15-12:55 Frederik Pohl (2-3)
1:00-1:40 Neil Gaiman (10-11)
1:45-2:25 Lois McMaster Bujold (3-4)
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
3:15-3:55 Connie Willis (1-2)
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
Eeeee! I love
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles
so very much.
Has anybody read the new one, In The Shadow of the Towers?
Just read the reviews which pretty much have the same opinion.
I own Jonathan Strange! I got the last copy at my little bookstore around the corner.
It's very large, and black. And I'm not opening it because I'm still reading Lust Over Pendle. And why did nobody ever tell me Draco Malfoy is Francis Crawford? Heh. (Although I have to say I'd call this a radical interpretation of the text...)
2:30-3:10 Patricia Wrede (4-5)
Eeeee! I love The Enchanted Forest Chronicles so very much.
This name sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't place it. I looked it up, and lo and behold I actually own one of her books:
Snow White and Rose Red.
Which I bought as a teen and enjoyed very much. I haven't read it in a while and wonder if I'd like it as much now. It's buried in my parents storage room in one of eight boxes of books I have there, so I guess if I want to find out, I will have to get it from the library.
Suela, you know she's on LJ as ajhalluk, right?
oh, totally, Betsy.
And I just finished it. I think she rather hung Harry out to dry to make her point, but as a story it's quite a romp, and very entertaining.
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
Can anybody recommend a good book on Carneval in Italy? I'm particularly interested in Venice (of course) and in the 1700s, but anything would help. I'm working on a piece that insists on being set there.
Do you want a reference book, or fiction set there? Not focused solely on Carneval, but Jan Morris portrait of Venice is considered a classic. Jeanette Winterson's
The Passion
is probably her best book, and it's set during Carneval of that era.
Reference book. Fiction I have in abundance.
